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BILL-FILE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1 1, 1909.

Application filed June 19, 1907. Serial No. 379,751.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM BRACII, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Kinston, in the county of Lenoir and State of North Carolina, United States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bill- Files, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bill files designed especially for use in storing and preserving pharmaceutical prescriptions, and has for its objects to provide a comparatively simple, inexpensive device of this character to which the prescriptions may be readily applied, one which when filled may be conveniently converted into a case or cabinet for filing away and preserving the prescri tions, and one wherein provision is made or readily locating a prescription to be re-filled.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple form of protecting cap w, lich may be readil Y and securely fixed over the point of the bi l receivin rod or pin, and one wherein said cap will, when applied, serve to maintain the cover of the case in proper operative position.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form of spacing or subdividing sheet to be introduced at determined intervals between the papers con tained on the file, and one which provides for the ready location of a prescription as before maintained.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved file showing the same in condition for receiving current prescriptions. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the file with the protecting cover applied and secured in place. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the cover and a part of the contents of the file turned to position for exposing a determined prescription to view. Fig. 4 is a view of one of the spacing sheets. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the cap to be applied over the point of the filing pin or spear.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the device embodies a base piece or board 1 preferably of rectangular form and of proper dimensions to conform to prescriptions of the standard size, said base being provided at a central point near its upper end with a transverse opening or perforation 2 through which is inserted a filing pin or spear 3 in the form of a rod arranged to project forwardly from and at right angles to the base and having its outer end sharpened or pointed as at 4 for piercing or perforating the prescriptions or other papers to be filed and provided at its inner or rear end, which is threaded through the opening 2, with a head 5 seated. within a recess formed in the rear face of the base 1, while formed in the rod 3 at a point immediately in rear of the sharpened end 4 is a pair of opposed transverse notches or seats 6 for a purpose which will presently appear. The device also embodies an outer cover member or board 7 provided near-its upper end with a centra perforation 8 to receive the rod 3, there being hingedly connected to the upper end of the cover 7 by means of strap hinges 9 preferably of the form shown a movable end member or section. 10 adapted to fold downward at right angles to the base and cover and forming an upper end wall for the casing, while applicable to the pointed end of the rod 3 for protecting the same and for retaining the cover 7 in lace is a spring cap 11 formed from a length of sheet metal bent into shape and having struck therefrom opposed inwardly projecting clamping portions or jaws 12 formed to seat within the recesses 6 for detachably securing the cap in place on the rod, the ends of the strip composing the cap being bent outward in the plane of the jaws 12 to provide extended bearing portions or ears 13 which bear on the outer face of the cover 7 to insure proper retention of the same upon the rod.

Employed in connection with the file and for application at determined intervals between the leaves or prescriptions 14 is a subdividing and indicating sheet 15 of the form illustrated in Fig. 4, and of which a number will in practice be employed as will be readily understood. The sheet 15 is provided near one end and at its transverse center with a perforation 16 to receive the pin 3 and at its lower or forward end with a longitudinal extension or tab 17 on which is printed or otherwise delineated an indicating number 18 made up of the (more or less) last numerals contained in the whole number of prescriptions indicated, there being printed on the obverse face of the one sheet 15 for instance and as shown in Fig. 4 number 14,301 to 14,400, the three last figures of the last mentioned number being carried onto the tab and constituting the key or indicating number as above mentioned. Also there is printed on the sheet the dates within which the prescriptions arranged between said sheet and the preceding next adjacent sheet are embraced, in the present instance from September 12, 1905, to October 4, 1905. In this connection it will be understood that the sub-dividing sheet immediately preceding the one described will hear numbers from l4,201 to 14,300, and that the number 300 will appear on the tab or extension as the indicating or key number and that thus the prescriptions on the file will be sub-divided into quantities of one hundred each.

In practice, the leaves or PIOSGI'i HlOHS .14 are applied to the file in the usual and in chronological order by forcing them over the point 4 of and onto the rod or spear 3. After the file has been filled with prescriptions the cover 7 is applied thereover as illustrated in Fig. 2 and fixed in place by applying the protecting cap to the pointed end of the rod in the manner heretofore explained and the end section 10 folded downward over the upper or rear ends of the leaves, it being understood that in applying the leaves to the file one of the sub-division sheets 15 will be introduced between each one hundred leaves or prescriptions, the sheets being progressively numbered in hundreds with the whole or key number appearing on the tab, as heretofore explained. After the file has been filled and the cover applied to incase or protect the contained prescriptions, it may be filed away on a shelf or in a cabinet provided for the purpose, it being noted at this point that there will be printed or otherwise labeled on the end. piece 10 the number of the file, the numbers of the contained prescriptions and the dates covered thereby. When it is desired to locate a prescription to be refilled the file containing the prescription of i that date is selected and after looking up the number of the prescription which may be facilitated through the medium of the submanner division sheets, the end section ll) is turned outward and the cover, together with the prescriptions overlying the desired prescription are reversed endwise by a pivotal motion on the pin 3 as indicated in Fig. 5-3 to expose the desired preseriptimi to view, thus permitting of its ready re-use without removal from the file. It is to be particularly noted that under the improved construction, the prescriptions are rendered readily accessible and further that when filed away the device will serve as a case or covering for effectually protecting the prescri )tions to preserve them from becoming soiled or otherwise defaced.

What I claim is:

1. A device of the class described, com prising a base, a filing pin attached to and projecting from the base and having a point ed free end, a movable rigid end member co operating with the base and. foldable downwardly at right angles to the base, an outer rigid cover hinged. to the said movable end member and having an opening therein through which the pointed end of the pin is adapted to project, and a cap for removable application to the pointed end of the pin to hold the cover in lace.

2. A device of tlie class described comprising a base, a pin projecting therefrom and having a pointed end, said pin being provided immediately in rear of its point with a pair of opposed notches, a cover having an opening to receive the pin, a foldable end section pivotally connected with the cover, and a cap formed to seat over the pointed end of the pin and provided with jaws to engage the notches for securing the cap in place and to hold the cover in position.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM BRAUH Witnesses:

F. H. Bnoons, R. O. EBERMANN. 

